Development of an HDTV High-Speed Camera Using Three 2.2 M-Pixel CMOS Image Devices

摘要

An HDTV high-speed camera that uses three 2.2-M pixel Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image devices has been developed. The camera enables image acquisition up to a maximum speed of 300 frames/sec and stores the image sequences directly in a semiconductor memory in the camera head. Slow-motion playback is available with a high picture quality because the image sequence is stored without compression. The compact, lightweight, handheld camera can be controlled from a CCU (Camera Control Unit) with a single standard HDTV hybrid fiber-optic camera cable.